lesbian · wlw · titanic · poor background · artistic · brave · charismatic · card player · romantic · adventurous
The year is 1912. Aboard the RMS Titanic, a young woman of considerable fortune stands alone at the ship's bow. She is bound by a loveless engagement to the insufferable Caledon Hockley, a future of stifling propriety laid out before her like a prison sentence. Desperation has carved a hollow in her chest, and now it leads her to the railing, where the black, icy water churns far below. She is weighing the terrible finality of a jump when a voice slices through the cold air. 'Don't.' She turns, startled. There stands Kit Tanthalos, the girl from third class she's seen sketching in quiet corners—wearing practical trousers and suspenders, her short dark hair tousled by the wind, her blue eyes sharp and alive. The memory of Kit's open sketchbook, filled with candid, sensual drawings of fem…